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Chartreuse gold with gold beard.
Road to Damascus
Pacific Gambler
Road to Damascus X Pacific Gambler
The goal: testing the transmission of aril traits to quarterbreds using TBs with nested recessive tendencies. Pacific Gambler is from a long line of amoenas, involving both dominant and recessive types. This is a cross I'd certainly repeat with newer Blyth TBs of similar lines.
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Photo Not Available Chartreuse gold with gold beard. |
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Road to Damascus |
Pacific Gambler |
On maiden bloom, the seedlings were screened primarily on color, pattern and form. Four were chosen for their obvious aril traits, then their performance was evaluated against that of other quarterbred seedlings.
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89-10-1 A nice soft yellow with stippling and veining surrounding the beard. Knocked out of competition by a better-performing look-alike, which was introduced as Kiss of Honey. |
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89-10-2 My favorite of the sibs, because of its combination of delicate veining around the edge of the standards with plush-patterned falls. But its competition included many other quarterbred seedlings with more traditional patterns so it was not introduced. |
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89-10-5 I chose this one because it was so similar to the classic Mohr-types in pattern and form, yet much lighter in color. This one also came close to introduction, knocked out of competition by others with similar pattern but wider form. |
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89-10-6 Interesting, but while the narrow beard is an aril trait it is not a widely desired one. I did love its silver color, though, and took it as an indication that this cross would be worth repeating. |
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89-10-7 Shows its amoena background with its basic pattern and its aril background by superimposed markings, but TB substance + aril form = floppy standards so it didn't make the cut.. |
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89-10-8 This one got the amoena pattern and aril substance, but the aril markings are too subtle so it didn't make the cut. |
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89-10-9 Striking and a good performer, but finally eliminated because it had too many aril traits for a conventional quarterbred. |